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Biographical

Education

• U.S. Naval War College - MA, defense and strategic studies (2014-2019)

• Cornell University - BA, English (2000-2005)

  Activities and notes: Minor in government

Employment History

• House Ways and Means Committee (Jan. 2023-)
  Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO)

  Communications Director, Republican

• House Ways and Means Committee (Nov. 2019-Jan. 2023)
  Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)

  Communications Director, Republican

• Joint Economic Committee (Jan. 2019-March 2019)
  Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)

  Communications Director, Republican

• Joint Economic Committee (March 2018-Jan. 2019)
  Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN)

  Communications Director, Republican

• Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL) (Oct. 2017-March 2018)

  Communications Director/Policy Adviser

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (March 2017-July 2017)

  Associate Administrator, Public Affairs

• Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (Nov. 2014-March 2017)

  Communications Director

• Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) (Dec. 2012-Nov. 2014)

  Communications Director/Speechwriter

• House Financial Services Committee (June 2013-Aug. 2013)
  Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS)

  Speechwriter

• National Review Institute

  Washington Fellow

• Claremont Institute

  Lincoln Fellow

• Heritage Foundation

  James Madison Fellow

Awards

• Future Leader (Foreign Policy Initiative)

• Journalist of the Year (Conservative Political Action Conference) (2009)

Contact Information

• 
  Email, work:
  jp.freire@mail.house.gov

House Ways and Means Committee Office:
 Majority Staff

Address:	1139 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515
Phone:	202-225-3625
Fax:	202-225-2610

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Privately Financed Travel

3 trips taken between 2021 - 2024 costing $2,371

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a staffer:

Congressional Salary

Caught Our Eye

• Congress fires shots on Twitterverse

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Jan. 6, 2016
  Members of Congress and Hill staffers took to Twitter yesterday to vent after President Barack Obama announced his latest executive order concerning gun regulations. read more

• Final GOP debate of 2015 dominates Congress's Twitter feeds

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Dec. 16, 2015
  Not only is he the front runner in the polls, Donald Trump leads the number of Twitter mentions from Hill staffers and members after last night's debate but Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is coming on strong. read more

• Congress reacts to McCarthy's decision on Twitter, unites behind cynicism

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Oct. 9, 2015
  Rep. Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) decision to drop out of the speakership race moments before the GOP vote shocked political observers and Congress alike. Twitter did not take kindly. read more

• Trump leads Twitter buzz on Capitol Hill

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on July 27, 2015
  As billionaire Donald Trump surges in the 2016 presidential polls, Capitol Hill is obsessed, at least as measured by the tweets about him. read more

• Trump gets in, Congress tweets

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on June 17, 2015
  Real estate mogul and "The Apprentice" star Donald Trump joined the 2016 race Tuesday, stirring mockery and questions from both sides of the aisle. read more

• Obama takes the field, Democrats and Republicans take to Twitter

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on June 12, 2015
  As Democrats and Republicans competed for the lead in a contest with a historical tie, President Barack Obama dropped by to whip votes to break a different kind of logjam. read more

• Rand Paul takes the floor, colleagues and staff take to Twitter

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on May 21, 2015
  As presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took a physical stand on the Senate floor Wednesday, his colleagues and their staffs took the debate over filibusters, procedure and the NSA online. read more

• As Ebola tweets spread on the Hill, so do the jokes

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Oct. 20, 2014
  The #Ebola hashtag took over the top spot on Capitol Hill last week, with more than 1,200 tweets by current and former members and their staffs mentioning the deadly virus since last Monday. read more